Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr

INS v. St. Cyr
INS v. St. Cyr
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 24, 2001; Decided June 25, 2001
Full case name	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St. Cyr
Citations	533 U.S. 289 (more) 121 S. Ct. 2271; 150 L. Ed. 2d 347, 2001 U.S. LEXIS 4670
Case history
Prior	Dunbar v. INS, 64 F. Supp. 2d 47 (D. Conn. 1999); aff'd sub nom., St. Cyr v INS, 229 F.3d 406 (2d Cir. 2000); cert. granted, 531 U.S. 1107 (2001).
Holding
	AEDPA and IIRIRA did not divest district courts of their jurisdiction under the general habeas corpus statute.; Aliens who pleaded guilty to criminal charges that rendered them deportable prior to the effective date of AEDPA and IIRIRA remain eligible for discretionary relief from deportation.;
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	O'Connor
Dissent	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas; O'Connor (Parts I and III)
Laws applied
	28 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2255

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 (2001), is a United States Supreme Court case involving habeas corpus and INA § 212(c) relief (repealed 1997) for deportable aliens.

INS v. St. Cyr
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 24, 2001 Decided June 25, 2001
Full case name	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St. Cyr
Citations	533 U.S. 289 (more) 121 S. Ct. 2271; 150 L. Ed. 2d 347, 2001 U.S. LEXIS 4670
Case history
Prior	Dunbar v. INS, 64 F. Supp. 2d 47 (D. Conn. 1999); aff'd sub nom., St. Cyr v INS, 229 F.3d 406 (2d Cir. 2000); cert. granted, 531 U.S. 1107 (2001).
Holding
AEDPA and IIRIRA did not divest district courts of their jurisdiction under the general habeas corpus statute. Aliens who pleaded guilty to criminal charges that rendered them deportable prior to the effective date of AEDPA and IIRIRA remain eligible for discretionary relief from deportation.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	O'Connor
Dissent	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas; O'Connor (Parts I and III)
Laws applied
28 U.S.C. §§ 2241–2255